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In many languages the queen chess piece is called by a word derived from the Persian farzān/farzīn (source of Arabic فرزان firzān, Russian ферзь ferz', Mongolian ᠪᠡᠷᠰᠡ berse, Uzbek farzin, even Middle English fers !) A thread on the #etymology of this interesting word. 1/9

Please donate and share: Healing Hands Fund is sending a neonatologist to Gaza & raising money for baby supplies. They are a small grassroots organization of pediatricians and their colleagues who have expertise and experience getting crucial health supplies to Palestine.

Chang Yuchen, Coral Dictionary Inspired by the shapes of coral on a small Malaysian island and by a Chinese-Malay-English dictionary, the artist crafts a unique Malay script out of coral debris.

When people start dying from starvation it comes as a flood, not a trickle. And it looks like it's already starting. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

A book in Dutch, with a French title, about Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in Belgium

Israel abuses memory of the Holocaust to justify its crimes and think of itself as victim. Now that memory is further abused as a model for war of annihilation.

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.forward.com/opinion/757549…

Incredible

Odeh just died. Murdered.

Back on my bullshit (forcing my homemade sour cherry products on anyone who comes to my house)

I don’t know what to do with all this anger and our oceans of grief

BREAKING: Sen. Bernie Sanders will force a vote as soon as tomorrow to block bombs and rifles being used by Israel to starve Palestinians and commit genocide. CALL YOUR SENATORS. Tell them to vote YES on these resolutions using our automatic dialer: imeupolicyproject.org/stop-weapons

The newspaper Der Stürmer played an important role in spreading Nazi propaganda despite not officially being a Nazi publication. After the war, its editor was tried, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and hanged. Something for NYT editors to think about.

🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 Sen. Bernie Sanders is forcing a vote today to block weapons to the Israeli military. The US must stop sending weapons to a government using starvation as a weapon of war and actively committing genocide. Call your Senator now: jvpaction.org/blockweapons

Since I'm here: I'm looking for just one job! You all know me as a Russia understander, but did you know I'm also good at content management, social media, localization, information governance, messaging, and comms? And I know a lot about how propaganda works. RT plz!

Another reason you should all learn Persian